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The Royal Game (also known as Chess Story; in the original German Schachnovelle, "Chess Novella") is a novella by the Austrian author Stefan Zweig written in 1941, the year before the author's death by suicide. In some editions, the title is used for a collection that also includes "Amok", "Burning Secret", "Fear", and "Letter From an Unknown ...
- Stefan Zweig
- 1943
Dec 3, 2021 · While the Nazi troops march into Vienna, the lawyer Josef Bartok hastily tries to escape to the USA with his wife but is arrested by the Gestapo. Bartok rema...
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130,778 ratings9,863 reviews. Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the ...
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The Royal Game and Other Stories. Stefan Zweig, Jill Sutcliffe (Translator) 4.22. 588 ratings76 reviews. English, German (translation) Genres FictionShort StoriesClassicsGerman LiteratureLiteratureChessGermany. ...more. 211 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1941. Book details & editions. About the author. Stefan Zweig.
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Sep 23, 2021 · 1h 50m. IMDb RATING. 6.8 /10. 4.7K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Play trailer 1:58. 2 Videos. 9 Photos. Drama Thriller War. To withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess. Director. Philipp Stölzl. Writers. Eldar Grigorian. Stefan Zweig. Stars. Oliver Masucci. Dieter Bernhardt.
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Oct 16, 2020 · The Royal Game (translated) - Kindle edition by Zweig, Stefan, Knueppel, Philip. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Royal Game (translated).
- Stefan Zweig
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Apr 1, 2000 · The Royal Game and Other Stories is a collection of five of Stefan Zweig's brilliant and creative psychological thrillers. Filled with emotional extreme from obsessive love to pathological revenge to the madness caused by an imaginary chess game these masterpieces revive his art, making it once again available to a new generation of readers.
- Stefan Zweig